by Dan Mitchell | Apr 12, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I periodically share data comparing the United States and Europe, usually because I want to convince people that America’s medium-sized welfare state is better (less worse) than Europe’s bloated welfare states. In other words, Bernie Sanders is wrong. But I sometimes...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 29, 2017 | Blogs, Economics
A new annual edition of Economic Freedom of the World has been released. The first thing that everyone wants to know is how various nations are ranked. Let’s start at the bottom. I can’t imagine that anybody will be surprised to learn that Venezuela is in last place,...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 19, 2012 | Blogs, Free Market
Wow. I wasn’t surprised to learn that the United States dropped in the new rankings unveiled today in Economic Freedom of the World. But I’m somewhat shocked to learn that we fell from 10th last year all the way down to 18th this year, as can be seen on the chart...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 24, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
What is the best way improve economic performance and boost living standards? If you listen to politicians, they would like us to think that adopting Policy A or repealing Policy B is a magic elixir. And if that means adopting a flat tax or repealing Obamacare, I’ll...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 20, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
The 2011 edition of Economic Freedom of the World, published by Canada’s Fraser Institute (with help from groups like Cato), has been released. Covering data through 2009, the new report provides damning evidence of the negative impact of the Bush-Obama policies of...
